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No. 252,046. Patented Jan. 10,1882.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS MAOKEL, OF PAWTUOKET, RHODE ISLAND.

FAUCET.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 252,046, dated January 10, 1882. Application filed September 5, 1881. (No model.)

plug or hung from the barrel.

The accompanying drawings are hereby made part of this specification, similar letters of reference thereon indicating corresponding parts.

Figure l is a sectional view of the combined parts of the device, showing their operation and mutual relation. Fig. 2 is an external view of said cylinder and of the nut thatholds the plunger therein. Fig. 3 of said drawings is a view of the plunger aforementioned.

The outer shell or cylinder (seen in Fig.2

and at a (t in the other figures) is cast whole,

substantially as shown, and of suitable metal. The taperingand threaded end thereof, (seen at 0,) and also the plunger d, are made much longer than similar parts of other faucets now used;

and this is an important feature of my device, making it available for tappingany barrel met in the trade, of whatever thickness or form of construction. The end 0 of the plunger is made nearly as large as theinterior of the cylinder, and this enlarged end is provided with superficial channels along its sides. This form of construction is adapted in order to prevent the hops or other foreign matter from passing out when the liquorsare drawn. When the plunger is placed in the cylinder it is secured therein by means of the nut and packingff, collar h, and shoulder k. The collar his made nearly as large as the diameter of the cylinder below. the shoulder 70, in order to prevent leakage when the pressure from within the barrel forces back the plunger and carries the collar against the packing f The angular attachment to the cylinder (seen at i) is intended to take the place of the usual stop-cock heretofore inserted in the cylinder, no stop-cock being necessary in my said device. The object of this part is to provide means by which to attach to the device the flexible pipe usually used to convey the liquors to their ultimate outlet. If in the absence of the usual stop-cock in the part ithere shall have been driven in, as hereinafter de-- scribed, the pressurefrom within the barrel will force the plunger back again until said guard rests against the cylinder end 0 and tightly enough to prevent the beer from flowing therein. Pressure in any form applied to the end at will lift the guard from the cylinder end 0, and thus permit the beer to flow into and through the faucet as desired.

My said deviceis used by inserting the tapering end 0 in the hole in the barrel provided for this purpose, the entrance and the incidental displacement of the plug being facilitated by the use of the threaded surface. After the device has been firmly securel in the barrel and the plug or bung has been crowded inward as far as desired the plugis then driven entirely from the barrel by the application of the requisite force at the opposite end of the plunger, the operation being apparent from the dotted lines and the protruding end of the plunger. (Seen in Fig. 1.) \Vhen the bung or plug has been so driven into the barrel the plunger is forced back into place by the pressure from within the barrel, and without the assistance ofany spring or other similar device.

In case the hole of any barrel may be found to be of extraordinary size, the end 0 of my said device may be temporarily enlarged by screwin g thereon a tapering and threaded sleeve.

1 am aware that other faucets have been the device to all barrels of whatever thickness, the fluted plunger (1, having an attached guard to size of hole, or other peculiarity of construcat its end 0, the nut and packingff, and coltion. lar and shoulder h k, all in the manner and I claim as my invention and desire to secure for the purposes substantially as described 5 by Letters Patenti and shown.

In a faucet for tapping barrels and other re- THOMAS MACKEL. cepacles of fermented liquors, and for (lraw- Witnesses: ing the contents thereof, the combination of F. W. TILLINGHAST, the cylinder a a, made of one piece of metal, Tnos. P. BARNEFIELD. 

